085-JCNF-0017
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	085-JCNF-0017
Author Observation Code	085-JCNF-0017
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Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	37 º
Longitude	-82 º
State or Province	Virginia
Named Places	county: Dickenson region|state|province: Virginia
Layout Fields:
DSG Polygon	20 x 20 m
Area	400 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	622 m
Slope Aspect	127 º
Slope Gradient	18 º
Topographic Position	upper slope
Hydrologic Regime	terrestrial (upland)
Soil Moisture Regime	somewhat xeric
Soil Drainage	well drained
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	25-Aug-1995
Observation End Date	25-Aug-1995
Project	Virginia Heritage
Cover Method	Carolina Vegetation Survey
Stratum Method	No Strata
Method Narrative	Releve Virginia Division of Natural Heritage, see http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/documents/nh_plotform_instructions.pdf
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?	no
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level	(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Cover	30 %
Shrub Cover	30 %
Field Cover	70 %
Nonvascular Cover	1 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	A Quercus montana-Carya-Pinus echinata dominated woodland with an herb layer both prairie like is aspect (with Sorghastrum nutans dominant) and co-occurrence of a number of species (e.g. Pityopsis graminifolia, Eupatorium album) common on Virginia's coastal plain, but uncommon in or absent from the mountains. This community is about 70 ft. wide and perhaps twice to 3 times as long, running along the uphill edge of stunted Pinus echinata-dominated woodland, between it and a less open Quercus prinus dominated woodland or open forest in the saddle upslope. It is thus in an environmental transition zone, but floristically distinct from communities on either side. It is remarkably species rich for pine-oak communities on Pine Mountain, with 70 vascular taxa. The rare orchid Cleistes bifaria is here. Its presence supports the hypothesis that fire is important to maintenance of this community. Mesophytic Liriodendron's presence suggests that soils are too mesic for openings to be edaphically maintained. Plot located 0.75 mi WNW of Skegg Hole. Measured trees (dbh in cm.): Quercus montana (68.5), Carya alba (26.3), Liriodendron tulipifera (52), Pinus echinata (25). Trees measured using Bitterlich prism method. See original plot form for raw data.

Taxa occurring on this plot-observation
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ord Author Plant Name Original Interpretation, full Scientific Name Original Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Original Interpretation, Common Name Original Interpretation, USDA Code Current Interpretation, full Scientific Name Current Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Current Interpretation, Common Name Current Interpretation, USDA Code Stratum Cover Original Cover Code Basal Area Biomass Inference Area Stems: Stem Diameters (graphically): 1 Amelanchier arborea Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 2 Vaccinium pallidum Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 3 Carya tomentosa Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 4 Sorghastrum nutans Sorghastrum nutans **   Sorghastrum nutans **   Sorghastrum nutans **   Sorghastrum nutans **   Sorghastrum nutans **   Sorghastrum nutans **   Sorghastrum nutans **   Sorghastrum nutans **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 5 Quercus velutina Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 6 Cornus florida Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 7 Oxydendrum arboreum Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 8 Pinus echinata Pinus echinata **   Pinus echinata **   Pinus echinata **   Pinus echinata **   Pinus echinata **   Pinus echinata **   Pinus echinata **   Pinus echinata **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 9 Quercus montana Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 10 Quercus coccinea Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 11 Vaccinium stamineum Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 12 Danthonia sericea Danthonia sericea **   Danthonia sericea **   Danthonia sericea **   Danthonia sericea **   Danthonia sericea **   Danthonia sericea **   Danthonia sericea **   Danthonia sericea **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 13 Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 14 Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 15 Robinia hispida Robinia hispida **   Robinia hispida **   Robinia hispida **   Robinia hispida **   Robinia hispida **   Robinia hispida **   Robinia hispida **   Robinia hispida **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 16 Carya glabra Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 17 Acer rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 18 Carex pensylvanica Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 19 Smilax glauca Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 20 Potentilla canadensis var. canadensis Potentilla canadensis var. canadensis **   Potentilla canadensis var. canadensis **   Potentilla canadensis var. canadensis **   Potentilla canadensis var. canadensis **   Potentilla canadensis var. canadensis **   Potentilla canadensis var. canadensis **   Potentilla canadensis var. canadensis **   Potentilla canadensis var. canadensis **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 21 Hieracium paniculatum Hieracium paniculatum **   Hieracium paniculatum **   Hieracium paniculatum **   Hieracium paniculatum **   Hieracium paniculatum **   Hieracium paniculatum **   Hieracium paniculatum **   Hieracium paniculatum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 22 Angelica venenosa Angelica venenosa **   Angelica venenosa **   Angelica venenosa **   Angelica venenosa **   Angelica venenosa **   Angelica venenosa **   Angelica venenosa **   Angelica venenosa **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 23 Pyrularia pubera Pyrularia pubera **   Pyrularia pubera **   Pyrularia pubera **   Pyrularia pubera **   Pyrularia pubera **   Pyrularia pubera **   Pyrularia pubera **   Pyrularia pubera **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 24 Tsuga canadensis Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 25 Dichanthelium commutatum Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 26 Diospyros virginiana Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 27 Solidago juncea Solidago juncea **   Solidago juncea **   Solidago juncea **   Solidago juncea **   Solidago juncea **   Solidago juncea **   Solidago juncea **   Solidago juncea **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 28 Rhus copallinum Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 29 Euphorbia corollata Euphorbia corollata **   Euphorbia corollata **   Euphorbia corollata **   Euphorbia corollata **   Euphorbia corollata **   Euphorbia corollata **   Euphorbia corollata **   Euphorbia corollata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 30 Gaultheria procumbens Gaultheria procumbens **   Gaultheria procumbens **   Gaultheria procumbens **   Gaultheria procumbens **   Gaultheria procumbens **   Gaultheria procumbens **   Gaultheria procumbens **   Gaultheria procumbens **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 31 Helianthus microcephalus Helianthus microcephalus **   Helianthus microcephalus **   Helianthus microcephalus **   Helianthus microcephalus **   Helianthus microcephalus **   Helianthus microcephalus **   Helianthus microcephalus **   Helianthus microcephalus **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 32 Fagus grandifolia Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 33 Aureolaria laevigata Aureolaria laevigata **   Aureolaria laevigata **   Aureolaria laevigata **   Aureolaria laevigata **   Aureolaria laevigata **   Aureolaria laevigata **   Aureolaria laevigata **   Aureolaria laevigata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 34 Ionactis linariifolia Ionactis linariifolia **   Ionactis linariifolia **   Ionactis linariifolia **   Ionactis linariifolia **   Ionactis linariifolia **   Ionactis linariifolia **   Ionactis linariifolia **   Ionactis linariifolia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 35 Symphyotrichum undulatum Symphyotrichum undulatum **   Symphyotrichum undulatum **   Symphyotrichum undulatum **   Symphyotrichum undulatum **   Symphyotrichum undulatum **   Symphyotrichum undulatum **   Symphyotrichum undulatum **   Symphyotrichum undulatum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 36 Dichanthelium boscii Dichanthelium boscii **   Dichanthelium boscii **   Dichanthelium boscii **   Dichanthelium boscii **   Dichanthelium boscii **   Dichanthelium boscii **   Dichanthelium boscii **   Dichanthelium boscii **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 37 Vitis labrusca Vitis labrusca **   Vitis labrusca **   Vitis labrusca **   Vitis labrusca **   Vitis labrusca **   Vitis labrusca **   Vitis labrusca **   Vitis labrusca **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 38 Castanea dentata Castanea dentata **   Castanea dentata **   Castanea dentata **   Castanea dentata **   Castanea dentata **   Castanea dentata **   Castanea dentata **   Castanea dentata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 39 Clitoria mariana var. mariana Clitoria mariana var. mariana **   Clitoria mariana var. mariana **   Clitoria mariana var. mariana **   Clitoria mariana var. mariana **   Clitoria mariana var. mariana **   Clitoria mariana var. mariana **   Clitoria mariana var. mariana **   Clitoria mariana var. mariana **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 40 Chimaphila maculata Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 41 Chrysopsis mariana Chrysopsis mariana **   Chrysopsis mariana **   Chrysopsis mariana **   Chrysopsis mariana **   Chrysopsis mariana **   Chrysopsis mariana **   Chrysopsis mariana **   Chrysopsis mariana **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 42 Eupatorium album var. album Eupatorium album var. album **   Eupatorium album var. album **   Eupatorium album var. album **   Eupatorium album var. album **   Eupatorium album var. album **   Eupatorium album var. album **   Eupatorium album var. album **   Eupatorium album var. album **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 43 Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum **   Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum **   Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum **   Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum **   Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum **   Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum **   Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum **   Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 44 Lespedeza hirta ssp. hirta Lespedeza hirta ssp. hirta **   Lespedeza hirta ssp. hirta **   Lespedeza hirta ssp. hirta **   Lespedeza hirta ssp. hirta **   Lespedeza hirta ssp. hirta **   Lespedeza hirta ssp. hirta **   Lespedeza hirta ssp. hirta **   Lespedeza hirta ssp. hirta **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 45 Lespedeza repens Lespedeza repens **   Lespedeza repens **   Lespedeza repens **   Lespedeza repens **   Lespedeza repens **   Lespedeza repens **   Lespedeza repens **   Lespedeza repens **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 46 Tephrosia virginiana Tephrosia virginiana **   Tephrosia virginiana **   Tephrosia virginiana **   Tephrosia virginiana **   Tephrosia virginiana **   Tephrosia virginiana **   Tephrosia virginiana **   Tephrosia virginiana **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 47 Epigaea repens Epigaea repens **   Epigaea repens **   Epigaea repens **   Epigaea repens **   Epigaea repens **   Epigaea repens **   Epigaea repens **   Epigaea repens **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 48 Coreopsis major Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 49 Kalmia latifolia Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 50 Lactuca canadensis Lactuca canadensis **   Lactuca canadensis **   Lactuca canadensis **   Lactuca canadensis **   Lactuca canadensis **   Lactuca canadensis **   Lactuca canadensis **   Lactuca canadensis **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 51 Antennaria plantaginifolia Antennaria plantaginifolia **   Antennaria plantaginifolia **   Antennaria plantaginifolia **   Antennaria plantaginifolia **   Antennaria plantaginifolia **   Antennaria plantaginifolia **   Antennaria plantaginifolia **   Antennaria plantaginifolia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 52 Symphyotrichum patens var. patens Symphyotrichum patens var. patens **   Symphyotrichum patens var. patens **   Symphyotrichum patens var. patens **   Symphyotrichum patens var. patens **   Symphyotrichum patens var. patens **   Symphyotrichum patens var. patens **   Symphyotrichum patens var. patens **   Symphyotrichum patens var. patens **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 53 Hylodesmum nudiflorum Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 54 Betula lenta var. lenta Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 55 Rubus flagellaris Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 56 Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 57 Scleria oligantha Scleria oligantha **   Scleria oligantha **   Scleria oligantha **   Scleria oligantha **   Scleria oligantha **   Scleria oligantha **   Scleria oligantha **   Scleria oligantha **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 58 Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 59 Solidago odora Solidago odora **   Solidago odora **   Solidago odora **   Solidago odora **   Solidago odora **   Solidago odora **   Solidago odora **   Solidago odora **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 60 Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 61 Desmodium viridiflorum Desmodium viridiflorum **   Desmodium viridiflorum **   Desmodium viridiflorum **   Desmodium viridiflorum **   Desmodium viridiflorum **   Desmodium viridiflorum **   Desmodium viridiflorum **   Desmodium viridiflorum **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 62 Pteridium aquilinum ssp. latiusculum Pteridium aquilinum ssp. latiusculum **   Pteridium aquilinum ssp. latiusculum **   Pteridium aquilinum ssp. latiusculum **   Pteridium aquilinum ssp. latiusculum **   Pteridium aquilinum ssp. latiusculum **   Pteridium aquilinum ssp. latiusculum **   Pteridium aquilinum ssp. latiusculum **   Pteridium aquilinum ssp. latiusculum **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 63 Cypripedium acaule Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 64 Acer saccharum Acer saccharum **   Acer saccharum **   Acer saccharum **   Acer saccharum **   Acer saccharum **   Acer saccharum **   Acer saccharum **   Acer saccharum **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 65 Heuchera longiflora Heuchera longiflora **   Heuchera longiflora **   Heuchera longiflora **   Heuchera longiflora **   Heuchera longiflora **   Heuchera longiflora **   Heuchera longiflora **   Heuchera longiflora **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 66 Eurybia divaricata Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 67 Cleistesiopsis bifaria Cleistesiopsis bifaria **   Cleistesiopsis bifaria **   Cleistesiopsis bifaria **   Cleistesiopsis bifaria **   Cleistesiopsis bifaria **   Cleistesiopsis bifaria **   Cleistesiopsis bifaria **   Cleistesiopsis bifaria **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 68 Hieracium gronovii Hieracium gronovii **   Hieracium gronovii **   Hieracium gronovii **   Hieracium gronovii **   Hieracium gronovii **   Hieracium gronovii **   Hieracium gronovii **   Hieracium gronovii **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 69 Viola sp. Viola sp. **   Viola sp. **   Viola sp. **   Viola sp. **   Viola sp. **   Viola sp. **   Viola sp. **   Viola sp. **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none-
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